Locum Specialty Doctor - South Wiltshire Intensive Service

The Trust is seeking a Locum Speciality Doctor to work with the South Wiltshire Intensive Service. It is a great opportunity to gain a great deal of experience and knowledge working within an established multi-disciplinary team. Working with a team who believe in collaborative work and have the patient at the centre of their practise. The service provides a secondary assessment facility and a monitoring service for those who require crisis management and home treatment.

This post will provide support and clinical assistance to the Consultant Psychiatrist concerning the care of patients.

Salisbury has a weekly Academic programme. In addition, there is a monthly PDP group and Peer Supervision. CPD activities are supported. The post offers study leave arrangements as well as good research, service development and leadership opportunities.

Main duties of the job

1. To assess and treat service users in the community
2. Undertake urgent and crisis psychiatric assessments when necessary
3. To liaise with GPs regarding a service users medical monitoring results
4. To liaise with other parts of the service and GPs and non NHS organisations wherever applicable
5. Ensure effective and timely documentation and communication of clinical decision making and management plans
6. The Specialty Doctor will support the Consultant Psychiatrists in complex case management.
7. The post holder is expected to seek Section 12 approval, but this is not a requirement of the post

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Basic Medical Qualification (MBBS or equivalent)

Desirable

• Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Section 12 Approval

Eligibility

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice, or eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of confirmation of appointment
• Completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in Psychiatry or as a fixed term specialty trainee in Psychiatry or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.

Skills

Essential

• Ability to manage own time and workload and prioritise clinical work
• Ability to appraise own performance
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Desirable

• Evidence of specific achievements that demonstrate leadership skills

Research and Audit

Essential

• Ability to critically appraise published research.
• Experience of carrying out an audit project

Desirable

• Experience in involvement in a research project and publication.
• Interest in research

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date knowledge of issues in Mental Health Service for this specialty.

Teaching

Essential

• Commitment to teaching other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable

• Teaching of undergraduate students
• PGCME or equivalent/aspiration to attain a postgraduate teaching qualification

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